The year 2020 has caused many white people to realize we live in a racist system. The Green New Deal is about systemic change for all, and deconstructing racism must be front and central in this agenda.
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Killings and Repression Spark Revolt in Brooklyn
The March 9 killing of 16-year-old Kimani Gray in Brooklyn has unleashed a torrent of outrage about police brutality and racism in New York City.
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"The Kissinger Cables": Wikileaks Releases New Trove of Secret U.S. Documents
The world's lead whistleblowing website has just published the "Public Library of U.S. Diplomacy," 1.7 million U.S. documents from 1973 to 1976 including many written by former State Secretary Henry Kissinger.
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In March, Worldwide Protests Gained Momentum
Global demonstrations in March turned out hundreds of thousands of protesters, raising oppositional voices against austerity measures, police violence, school closures and ecocidal legislation.
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Is Keystone XL Pipeline the "Stonewall" of the Climate Movement?
The narrow window of opportunity that physics provides us makes me doubt that a third party will offer a fast enough answer to come to terms with our changing planet.
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Revealed: How Homeland Security Spies on Peaceful Demonstrations and Activists
Government documents obtained through FOIA requests reveal that the Department of Homeland Security conducts daily monitoring of peaceful, lawful protests as a matter of policy.
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Mexican Workers Win Ownership of Tire Plant with Three-Year Strike
When a factory closes, the idea of turning it into a worker-owned co-operative sometimes comes up—and usually dies.
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How Keeping Salaries Secret Makes Employees Complicit in Wage Inequality
The Paycheck Fairness Act, which is scheduled for a vote in the Senate next week, includes a provision that would make it illegal for companies to act against employees who talk about their salaries.
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Efforts to Deliver "Kill Shot" to Paid Sick Leave Tied to ALEC
Workers in more than 700 large American cities must choose between spreading their illness and getting paid.
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Exclusive: Interview with the Widow of Tunisia’s Slain Popular Leader
Basma Khalfaoui, whose husband Chokri Belaid of the Popular Front was gunned down in February, talks about freedoms and the future of Tunisia.
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50,000 March in Tunisia to Launch World Social Forum
Tens of thousands from across the world called for new measures of liberty and dignity as they descended on Tunis to open the weeklong World Social Forum.
